seafood gratin recipe - Coquilles St-Jacques

scallops

🥗Healthier: fish fillets

💰Cheaper: surimi

Fish fillets are lower in calories and surimi is more budget-friendly.

cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk

Greek yogurt is lower in calories and milk is often cheaper.

Clean the scallops by cutting across the shell and removing the muscle from the bottom shell.

Cook the mussels in a pot over high heat for about 3 minutes until they open, keeping the juice.

Let the mussels cool for a couple of minutes, then take the meat out.

Peel the shrimp, keeping the shells for flavor in the sauce.

In a hot pan, add a dash of olive oil and the shrimp shells, frying them to release flavor.

Dice up a scallion and add it to the pan with the shrimp shells.

Add a good dash of brandy to the pan and burn off the alcohol.

Add shallots and half a head of unpeeled garlic to the pan with the shells.

Add the mussel juice through a sieve to remove any sand or shell bits, then add enough water to cover the shells.

Bring the mixture to a simmer and let it simmer for about 30 minutes.

After simmering, strain the liquid and squeeze out all the juices from the shells.

Bring the shell stock back to a boil and add about a teaspoon of tomato puree and a little bit of harissa.

Add half the amount of stock in cream to the sauce and stir.

In a separate pan, melt a small nub of butter and add half a spoon of flour to cook it out.

Add the prepared sauce to the butter and flour mixture, stirring until it thickens.

Cut the scallop meat in half and distribute it into the shells along with the raw seafood.

Add the remaining seafood to the shells, including shrimp and mussels.

Chop some chives and add them to the sauce for color and texture.

Prepare a baking tray lined with parchment paper and create a base of wet salt mixed with egg white to hold the shells in place.

Set the shells on top of the wet salt and spoon the sauce over the seafood.

Top with grated Gruyere Swiss cheese generously.

Bake in a preheated oven at 200 degrees Celsius (400 Fahrenheit) for about 20 minutes.

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